The Billionaire Who Wants The Supreme Court To Overturn <em>New York Times v. Sullivan</em>
The plot to undo the 'actual malice' standard of defamation law is afoot. The post The Billionaire Who Wants The Supreme Court To Overturn New York Times v. Sullivan appeared first on Above the Law.
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!
Which billionaire and former finance chair of the RNC is asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its “actual malice” standard, in an attempt to revive his defamation lawsuit against the Associated Press and one of its journalists over a 2018 article?
Hint: Two justices, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, have already signaled they’re very much open to undoing this pillar of the First Amendment.
See the answer on the next page.
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